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Hannah Aldridge brings her folk songs to France 24

In today’s culture show with Eve Jackson – Alabama's wandering ballerina turned folk singer; Hannah Aldridge is in the studio to talk about her debut album. Plus as 'Untouchable' opens internationally we find out the secret behind the film that had French audience’s queuing around the block. Then to what’s said to be part of America’s cultural response to economic hardship, 'Take Shelter' is hailed a masterpiece of the great recession.